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A sea of coloured hats adorned 413 Girl Guides and leaders who took an ‘out-trip’ on the Alberta Prairie steam train to Big Valley on Sun., July 10. The trip was one part of the guides Guiding Mosaic 2016 Canadian international camp experience taking place in Sylvan Lake from July 9 to 17. Ranging in ages from 12 to 18, the guides hailed from: St. John’s, NL,
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Next steps for Stettler County public works shop Debra Johnston
ECA Review reporter At a special council meeting held July 6, Stettler County council voted to defeat Borrowing Bylaw 1564 to borrow $5.2 million for construction of a new county shop. After the June 27 plebiscite on Bylaw
1564 came back with a ‘no’ vote from ratepayers, council had no option but to defeat the bylaw according to the requirements of the Municipal Government Act. Council considered the next steps for the new shop at the special meeting, debating whether it would be necessary to sell capital assets to fund the
building or to use reserves to pay for the construction. Councillors took turns stating their views on how to proceed. “We have money in reserves to build the shop. It wouldn’t be fiscally responsible to do that,” stated Reeve Wayne Nixon. Now that the construction season is half over, which would push the project
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